The film stars Bill Murray and Seth Rogen, Ansari also penned the script and is producing the project (via TooFab)
Per Deadline, the news of production being suspended was delivered to"Being Mortal's" cast and crew via a letter.
As for the reason behind the suspension, the letter, which was obtained by Deadline, noted that the decision came after the studio investigated a complaint that was filed"late last week." However, per sources, the complaint was not made against Ansari.Ahead of the news of the suspension, production had been halted for three days. Sources told Deadline that principal photography on the movie began on March 28. Before the three-day pause, the film was halfway through production.
In the letter sent to the cast and crew, Searchlight stressed,"Our hope is to resume production and [we] are working with Aziz and Youree to figure out that timing."
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